Turkey’s 768 senior public servants, families claimed asylum in Germany
Germany’s immigration office has received asylum applications from 260 Turkish diplomatic passport holders and 508 “service passport” holders since the failed coup attempt on...
Turkey denying visas to Kyrgyz students at Gülen affiliated schools and their families
Kyrgyz nationals who study at the schools affiliated with the Gülen movement as well as their families are being denied visas to Turkey, said...
Erdoğan to discuss ex-minister’s case in US with Trump during UN meeting
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday night that he would meet with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on Sept. 21 on...
German gov’t says Turkey has not provided evidence proving Gülen’s involvement in coup
The German government has said Turkey has failed to present documents and evidence to German judicial authorities to prove the Gülen movement’s involvement in...
German delegation allowed to visit airbase in Turkey after NATO mediates
Turkish government allowed German defense commission team to visit their troops at the NATO base in Konya on September 8, after NATO mediated in...
Turkish citizens who fled to Sweden will feel unsafe if Stockholm fails to abide...
Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and Turkey analyst from Sweden Bitte Hammergren said in a series of tweets on Monday that it is very important...
Turkish jihadists form Iran’s Basij-like armed militia to fight against Erdoğan’s opponents
A group of Turkish radical Islamist jihadists have formed Iran's Basij-like militia organisation to fight against the opponents of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Turkish PM Yıldırım slams US, says holding business with terrorists ‘humiliating’
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on Thursday that the US cooperation with "terrorist organisations" is self-humiliating for Washington. According to report by Turkey's...
Members of European Parliament call EU to take harsher stance against Turkish government
Members of European Parliament (EP) have slammed Turkish government's anti-democratic policies and massive human rights violations in the country during a plenary session to...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says indictment against guards scandalous, US protecting Gülen movement
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called a recent US indictment against his bodyguards for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., “scandalous,”...
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